The Panasonic G1HD | GH-1 Video Mode : A Real Video Mode
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nobody answered me the last time so i'll try it again: do you get rolling even at the matching shutter speed? at let's say 1/60 each line should be exposed to exactly 2 pulses of light under 60hz flos so there should be no difference between them. this works to remove flicker and roll with every other camera i've ever used, from film to the d90. i'm not sure what could possibly be different about the gh1.
/matt
sold one, keeping the other indefinitely. alas the gh1 hasn't impressed me with its image quality. it looks like mediocre video from 5-10 years ago just with less dof. i'm sure when it's time for my next feature, next summer most likely, neither of today's cameras will be our choice.
/matt
nicer technically, but the sensor is clearly way inferior. i won't speculate on what i would have used, we just grabbed what felt right at the time. when we wrote the script it was meant to be done on super 8, later hdv with 35mm adapter, then sudenly the d90 was released and off we went.
/matt
/matt
didn't i just say that i think it's technically better? some people simply have the ability to see different aspects of things and discuss them separately. try it. it's fun.
/matt
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i'm well aware that most people don't have eyes that see anything but megapixel ratings, but having an eye for aesthetic quality hardly makes me unique, does it? 
everyone can see that the gh1 shoots sharper pictures than the d90, i thought that was settled but for the record i totally agree with that. *aside* from the obvious limited sharpness of the d90 the image looks much better to my eye. if you don't agree let's discuss, but can we please leave the obvious out of it?
/matt
everyone can see that the gh1 shoots sharper pictures than the d90, i thought that was settled but for the record i totally agree with that. *aside* from the obvious limited sharpness of the d90 the image looks much better to my eye. if you don't agree let's discuss, but can we please leave the obvious out of it?
/matt
John Caballero
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!!!:laugh::banned:
I think GH1 is the best out of the 5 - Canon 5DMkII, Canon 500D, Nikon D90, Nikon D5000, Lumix GH1
G1 was a milestone, first EVIL/mFT - with an excellent EFV and moveable display - it's perfect :happy:. GH1 continous this success.
great sensor*great compression=great result. are you saying you don't want that or you don't think it can be done? is it wrong to be disappointed by a camera that doesn't deliver it if you were hoping it would? if you search the boards you'll find that i was one of the biggest proponents for this camera before it was released.
i haven't studied it and haven't even used the gh1, but possibly latitude, color fidelity, "depth", sensitivity, i don't know. that's what i thought we could discuss, but everyone seems obsessed with bitrates and pixels. so far i haven't seen anything from the gh1 that looks anywhere near as nice as the best d90 stuff i've seen, *despite* the problems.
/matt
the d90 shoots cinematic images with great latitude, smooth highlights, pure colors, nice film like shadows, while the gh1 looks like cheap video, consumer hdv/avchd more or less only with less dof.
/matt
what's interesting is why. the 5d takes the most beautiful pictures, no doubt, with the d90 second in my opinion, but neither have manual controls and 30p is useless, and the d90 uses too much compression. the gh1 has manual control, 24/25p and a much better codec than the d90, but the image just doesn't look as good to me. anybody agree or disagree?
/matt
squig
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Where's that bloody D90 firmware update!
The GH1 certainly has more of a video look about it but we haven't seen much shot with old primes yet which makes a difference. So far though I'm thinking I can tweak the GH1 footage enough to get the right look. The D90 compression however is impossible to tweak.
The GH1 certainly has more of a video look about it but we haven't seen much shot with old primes yet which makes a difference. So far though I'm thinking I can tweak the GH1 footage enough to get the right look. The D90 compression however is impossible to tweak.